Wheelchair kid stranded by Air Canada after tweet-a-thon

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8-08-2010 @ 9:05PM

Tim said...

No wheelchairs in New York city??.....1 call, 5 minutes, 1 wheelchair.....

8-09-2010 @ 1:16AM

It's a 15K VERY specialized special needs wheelchair - no 5 minute call can get one of those on the weekend, unless you know the Prez! Anyway, Abraxcus above linked in this and all is fixed, at least temp, and Air Canada will completely fix after the weekend (so the boy got to go afterall):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10895108

8-09-2010 @ 9:31AM

shannon said...

It is not always just as easy as making a call. I have 2 children who use wheelchairs, and only one of them could use a generic wheelchair foor a short term basis. Many people who have a disability need very specific seating to be able to sit at all. On two seperate occasions an airline has damaged my daughters wheelchair. It took United 9 months to replace the one they broke.

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